In the books, Adventure of the Copper Beeches, I think, Watson is hoping Holmes might have personal interest in the plucky female client. But I can see Book Holmes being on the a- side of the sexual spectrum.

I see RDJ's Holmes as being fairly sexual.

BBC Holmes? I don't know, there's definitely a bromance with John, but I'm waiting to see their version of Irene. He may be too in love with himself.

There have been a lot of books since Doyle's that starred Sherlock. And as to Sherlock on romance - he is canonically an unreliable narrator when describing his character. Actually not much practical difference between asexual and being turned on only by something so rare he is unlikely to ever encounter it in an otherwise acceptable potential partner. But I don't insist on this: it just seems a reasonable interpretation. Asexual is too.

Can I get an onerous task gold star? I just sorted and filed (and shredded) paperwork about various financial matters, in some cases dating back to 2006. My back hurts.

I SO do not want to go to work tomorrow. This is the problem with vacations.

Timelies all!

Back from the second day of the folk festival. Nice day, nice weather.

I went to the farmer's market this morning. Fresh veggies won't show up for another few weeks, but there are some other great vendors I like to support.

As I was walking around I heard a couple behind me pondering the lack of fruits and veggies at a farmer's market. I spoke with them and they had recently moved from California. One of the few times I didn't feel like a Colorado newbie. While we won't get fresh stuff for a bit, our market is open through November.

Flea - I haven't been in my office since my vacation and I need to go tomorrow. Really don't want to.

The farmers markets here are still mostly leafy greens. Some asparagus, and hothouse tomatoes, and this week I got garlic scapes, but it's mostly greens and will be for another few weeks, probably.

Whereas in GA I have zucchini and beans and tomatoes in my own yard already. On the other hand, it is 96 degrees. Wanna trade?

We went out and bought a fan for our back porch and replacements for our yard lights (which are now just $1.99 bulbcovers and are kinda fugly)--birthday present of the DH. While at the Lamps Plus Outlet store, we spied a set of metal trunks. They were slightly scratched and so we got them for $130 for the pair, plus J had them throw in a lifetime replacement for our lamps. Sweet! [link] They are next to our black club chair in the bow window and look great, not to mention being a good vantage point for the cats to keep an eye on the neighborhood.

It is 89 here...hot enough. I'm sure my CSA box will be full of leafy stuff for a while. Our pick-ups start in two weeks!

The stuff at the farmers' market was enough for me to put together a pretty good dinner with some pantry staples -- pasta with spinach, tomatoes, garlic scapes, and canellini beans. Still in the process of cooking it, but I think I'll throw in a bit of white wine, and maybe some oregano.